During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Johnson wore only jersey No. 34 and put up 2.2 points per game.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (and the Seattle Supersonics before them) have 51 jersey numbers worn by the players who have suited up for the franchise since its founding at the start of the 1967-68 season. To commemorate the players who wore those numbers, Thunder Wire is covering the entire history of jersey numbers and the players who sported them since the founding of the team.
And while those Supersonics jerseys may not remain part of the franchise history should a new team be established in Seattle as was the case with the return of the Charlotte Hornets, they are part of the Thunder's history today.
For this article, we continue with the 34th jersey number in the series, jersey No. 34, with 17 players in total having donned the jersey in the history of the franchise.
The fourth of those players did so in the Seattle SuperSonics era, guard alum Clay Johnson. After ending his college career at Missouri, Johnson was picked up with the 110th overall selection (there were many more rounds in that era of the draft) of the 1978 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers.
The Yazoo City, Mississippi native would play the first two seasons of his NBA career with the Los Angeles Lakers after a pair of seasons playing in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA -- that era's version of the G League). After that, he signed with Seattle for the final season of his career.
During his time suiting up for the Sonics, Johnson wore only jersey No. 34 and put up 2.2 points per game.
All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.
This article originally appeared on OKC Thunder Wire: Thunder jersey history No. 34 - Clay Johnson (1983-84)
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